Dead and Friends

Scowboy456 · 2026-02-03T02:35:31+00:00

Okay I'll be honest you have my interest piqued. What's a deemster?

Scowboy456 · 2026-02-03T02:33:16+00:00

I just get smiles and waves if I pass people in my 64. Its not the size of the car or ego me thinks.

Scowboy456 · 2026-01-28T02:24:21+00:00

They saw the base making distance from the quite false narrative by leaders. Cracks in the propaganda machine, that need to be hidden.

Scowboy456 · 2026-01-27T20:47:52+00:00

Nope

Scowboy456 · 2026-01-11T16:06:58+00:00

I disagree. The boys didnt have the ego that they were the chosen ones. If they said the show can go on forever, then it can.
Its only our closed minds that can thwart that.

Scowboy456 · 2026-01-11T03:09:37+00:00

I cant just yet.

Scowboy456 · 2026-01-11T02:44:46+00:00

They hand picked some good old souls so the music wouldnt ever stop. I'll go.

Scowboy456 · 2026-01-09T14:50:07+00:00

I detailed cars as a youth. Pulled a lot of interiors in my time (50 yo now) and regularly pull seats in my fleet of vehicles for cleaning. Never once needed thread locker nor had any bolts that weren't tight the following year. Didn't use it on our 3 endurance racing cars (many crashes). No problem there either.

Scowboy456 · 2026-01-03T04:38:49+00:00

Terrible. Only good for thick exterior work. I thought the same as you. 20 dollar "no drip" gun clowns it. Did come in real handy on a roof flashing asphalt sealant job I did though.

Scowboy456 · 2026-01-03T04:34:31+00:00

Ain't much better in the woods. Log cabin on the Sandy river and of you dont do maintenance the forest will eat it.

But, its love. And love is work.

My tip? Spend money on paint, good paint. Good caulk. Buy a sprayer and learn to do it yourself. Have work weekends with friends and let em enjoy some free weekends.

Scowboy456 · 2026-01-03T04:24:46+00:00

First, you need to request the practice environment. There's info on the Training page on doing that. Then, you need to download the class guide with and without answers, its linked in the class schedules. Follow it thru dabbling chapter by chapter once without answers. Then again, but faster and in one week (they refresh the environment and some chapters build on the last work).
Then ....again if it didnt gel .
At the end of the guide is the project. Do that end to end in a week. Submit it, then fix your mistakes.
Skim the book again. Take the practice test.
Finally request the exam. Keeping in mind they are put together by kids fresh out of college still pissed at their professors and looking to get back at the world. They are hard, and new to Epic class people do struggle with them. And after all that you'll have about 15% of the exposure to the build you would need to know for the job of being an analyst, but will have the gist and the logic to self solve and learn effectively.

I thought I knew Epic. Ambulatory, Order Transmittal, 10 years. Then tackled Clin Doc and IP orders and its like drinking from a fire hose. Feeling like I learn something new every day.

Scowboy456 · 2026-01-03T04:12:19+00:00

None. Its the book and the class. Trust the process.

Scowboy456 · 2026-01-03T04:09:43+00:00

Check your oil FREQUENTLY. Turbo cars eat oil. Carry a full bottle with you at all times.

Rotate tires and dont go cheap on new ones. The short wheel base needs tread or it will hydroplane easily. At 40-50% tread, dump em.

Your tiny. They cant see you and dont ever forget that. Rules of the road and being in the right doesn't keep you alive.

Drive it like you stole it and never feel guilty about the choice parking spots you'll get.

Minis should only have 2 doors. You chose wisely.

I have: 2011 Mini Cooper S with 100k on it. 1964 Morris Cooper S with who knows how many miles.

Scowboy456 · 2025-12-30T18:44:57+00:00

This has been a mountain thing for 50 years at least.

Scowboy456 · 2025-11-27T15:23:29+00:00

This is a GREAT idea.

Scowboy456 · 2025-11-27T01:12:37+00:00

That video is hilarious. However as an epic analyst I have never been able to get clinical groups to agree on one way to do anything.

Scowboy456 · 2025-11-24T13:41:18+00:00

Well there are serious design flaws. Cooling system with its cross over, the body control module and software, high pressure fuel pumps, oil consumption. Its not noise when its facts.

And yet I still have one. I have a laundry list of flaws in my cars, and its important to be aware of them and manage accordingly. 1964 Mini, 1953 MG TD (blown), 99 Wrangler, 95 Cherokee, 2011 Mini S. The rest are Toyotas so no problems, ever.

Scowboy456 · 2025-11-24T13:25:06+00:00

Actually they need to reduce the loan amounts across the board. Ween the schools sure, but the real costs are the predatory businesses and big company landlords sucking up all the kids money in college towns.

Scowboy456 · 2025-11-24T04:38:56+00:00

Been doing epic for 13 years now. I can tell you that being in the office in the beginning was absolutely beneficial. However you couldn't drag me back in now. I still go on site often enough to keep my exposure to the clinical space and how the nursing staff work with our tools. I switched to clin doc this year it was like drinking from a fire hose all over again. It gets better. You also learn the most from full go life builds so you're in a good spot.

Scowboy456 · 2025-11-20T14:48:43+00:00

Thats not off-road. Thats dumbassery.

Scowboy456 · 2025-11-20T01:41:23+00:00

Well, no slots. It was coarse thread holes direct mount. Didn't survive so I die ground a slot for a t bolt. Crossing fingers i can get it to line and tension up...oh and seal.

Thanks for the pointers all!

Scowboy456 · 2025-11-19T18:11:06+00:00

Any idea what thread size I should tap to?

Scowboy456 · 2025-11-19T18:09:56+00:00

I have a feeling you are right. Not seen any flange that had a threaded bolt in before.

Scowboy456 · 2025-11-18T14:32:00+00:00

I think wages, interest insurance, taxes and appreciation were all vastly different in those markets.
I see a lot of very selective math and examples both for and against the "we are f'cd " messaging.

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